Key legal question
Whether the appellant had standing to challenge the cantonal court's dismissal for lack of standing.
Extracted holding
The Federal Supreme Court held that the appeal could be examined only as to denial of party rights and refusal to decide on the merits; substantive complaints were inadmissible.
Extracted reasoning
In a public-law administrative case, a person whose appeal was declared inadmissible for lack of standing may challenge that procedural ruling, but cannot raise merits arguments. The cantonal court correctly held that the supervisory decision did not alter the appellant's legal position to his detriment and that any alleged injury stemmed from the municipality's conduct, not from the supervisory refusal.